January 13, 2022 Argentina seeks $10 billion in mining exports by 2030 Gov't expects $25bn in investments related to 34 projects currently in advanced exploration, as the deadline to restructure billions in debt to the IMF looms.
January 12, 2022 SQM ups ESG agenda with Standard for Responsible Mining audit Indigenous communities living around Chile’s Atacama salt flat last year asked authorities to suspend SQM’s operating permits or reduce its operations until it submits an environmental compliance plan acceptable to…
January 12, 2022 Chile awards new lithium contracts despite political storm The country awarded two of five contracts on offer -- one to Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD and another to local firm Servicios y Operaciones Mineras del Norte.
January 12, 2022 Singapore bourse to start cobalt, lithium contracts in H1 2022 SGX will partner with Fastmarkets, the price reporting agency for these products.
January 12, 2022 Serbia to decide on Rio Tinto’s lithium mine after April election Rio Tinto recently committed $2.4 billion to develop a lithium-borates project in the western Jadar valley.
January 12, 2022 WATCH: BlackRock says boom could last decades as copper price tops $10,000 “We’ve got decades worth of high rates of investment into infrastructure as the world seeks to decarbonize. That’s a widely held consensual view."
January 12, 2022 EV industry moving in right direction to close gap with internal combustion engines – report According to IDTechEx, electrification is inevitable as is the EV industry’s focus on environmentally friendlier materials and supply chains, and safer products.
January 12, 2022 Supply squeeze risks are pushing lithium price higher and higher Lithium has burst into 2022 with a fresh price spike that hands electric-vehicle makers more warning of even sharper cost pressures to come.
January 11, 2022 Lithium Power to spin off Western Australia assets to focus on Chile project Demerger will create a company dedicated to exploring its WA-based hard rock lithium assets, like the Greenbushes and Pilgangoora projects.
January 11, 2022 Argentina grants environmental clearance for Neo Lithium’s 3Q project The permit satisfies one of the final conditions China’s Zijin Mining needed to acquire the junior exploration company.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm